2025 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Weekend was a Success!

[johnnylawson]

Thanks to all who came out this weekend! We had 23 Rivian's attend with 19 of them camping Friday-Sunday. Our turnout for this QUADrupled from last year. Join us next year and follow us on Facebook, x, and Instagram. - Buckeye State Rivian Club.

A special shout out and thanks to Bestevmods (on Amazon) for providing us with a tonof giveaway items!

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[LeftMySoulinNM]

I’ve been there before, fun area. Where do you guys all charge near Mears?

 

[strykerwsu]

Love the Compass Yellow and Canyon Red. RIP

 

[AZ Dude]

Great pictures. Looks like you all had a blast. Thanks for posting. We love Silver Lake sand dunes and cannot wait to drive our Rivian on it someday. I am also curious where you charged.

 

[clownsmashd]

We had about five 50A camp sites at Hideaway campground that were shared to top up then most used their 30A plugs on their site to add another 10% or so over night. A few ventured to some chargers in Whitehall or Ludington that were putting out about 80Kw. A few even ventured up to the RAN destination chargers at the beach near Ludington. Wasn't ideal but we all made it work.

 

[Beanejar]

Was a great time - can’t wait for next year. Thank you for all the effort of putting it together.

…Hope you’re enjoying your Michigan souvenir… sand…. endless sand… in everything!

 

[Riv_Ian]

Super fun weekend - thanks for organizing, and to BestEVMods for the sweet new mats and everyone else for all the cool shared SWAG!

 

[Shill2801]

Had an excellent time, thanks for John and the folks from the Buckeye group for having us Wisconsinites over!

 

[Ronaldinho]

I didn't get many photos but had to share this chance encounter on the trip up.

Thanks for putting this together. Looking forward to making it up Test Hill on the first attempt next year.

 

[johnnylawson]

I’ve been there before, fun area. Where do you guys all charge near Mears?

Most of us stayed at Hideaway Campground where we reserved 16 spots. 6 had 50amp the rest had 30.

 

[Riv_Ian]

It turns out the Dometic tent inflates just fine with the pump I left at home . Next year! The generous loan of a (ground) tent was very much appreciated!!

 

[Shill2801]

It turns out the Dometic tent inflates just fine with the pump I left at home . Next year! The generous loan of a (ground) tent was very much appreciated!!

I'm surprised the Dometic pump was that much more powerful than one used for an air mattress. Looking forward to seeing it all setup next year.

 

[Riv_Ian]

It was pretty quick too - very impressed. Left it up overnight and no apparent loss, so I'm sure there's no leak. Overall, I think this is a great value package. I'm going to try and talk my wife into some overnight trips to hit a few more distant mountain bike trails around the state so hopefully I'll know what I'm doing next year. I rode the Dragon Trail around Hardy Pond on the way home. Apparently Hardy Dam is the tallest earthen dam in the world (best Jeremy Clarkson voice in my head). It's on the Muskegon river and is a pretty big lake - not sure why they call it a pond. The Dragon is a 41 mile loop of pretty awesome flow trail. Some lovely swimming spots. 1 hour from Silver Lake dunes; a worthy stop if en route.

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